My latest column for The Record is about Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, and their incredible migration. (And the males'  amazing ruby throats.)

Just finished an amazing eight-day, seven-night trip in the Galapagos aboard the Samba — a natural-history vacation of a lifetime.

Tom Mitchell, a friend of this blog, provided some great butterfly pix for The Nature Conservancy's New Jersey blog. The

Seymour Drakes and I are taking a break. Please stay tuned. We shall return toward the end of the month..

My latest column for The Record is all about the Laurelwood Arboretum in the Pines Lake section of Wayne. I

Mike Flom passed along this recent photo of a Black-crowned Night Heron and a Green Heron. (Thanks, Mike!)

Mile-a-Minute Weed is a nasty invasive that has made its way into the Celery Farm. The Record's Jim O'Neill reports

Alice Leurck writes: Neat bug by the Warden's Watch.  I have no idea what it is. Can you help?  

This dude has been hanging out by the Warden's Watch. Alice Leurck was on the case. Thanks, Alice!  

The Record has a troubling story about someone placing nasty booby traps on the trails at High Mountain Park Preserve